Cryptic crossword clue
The mating game 5,5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHESS

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More clues leading to the result CHESS MATCH

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What does CHESS mean?

CHESS noun
  1. A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
CHESS noun
  1. Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
CHESS noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

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